At University Hospital Limerick, 85 patients are waiting for beds. 43 of these are in the emergency department, with 42 in wards elsewhere in the hospital.

Nine babies at Galway University Hospital were identified as suffering subgaleal haemorrhages in 2022.

349 patients are waiting in the emergency department, while 135 are in wards elsewhere in the hospital.

Baby Chelsie McDonagh from Tuam, Galway, the High Court heard, died five months later